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AP: Iraqi Photographer in Fifth Month of US Detention

HeadlineSep 18, 2006

Meanwhile, a leading news agency has gone public with the imprisonment of one its journalists by US troops in Iraq. The Associated Press says Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi photographer, has been jailed for more than five months. The military says he’s a security threat — but has not filed charges or brought him before a judge. Hussein says he’s being targeted because US military leaders have been angered by his photos from Ramadi and Fallujah. The military says Hussein was arrested alongside wanted insurgents. But the AP claims that’s no sign of guilt and that Hussein was on assignment. The AP says it’s gone public after months of failed talks with US officials.

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